Kaytee CritterTrail Off To School Travel Carrier for Pet Hamsters, Gerbils, or Mice
$15.02








Price: $15.02
(as of Oct 24, 2025 10:24:42 UTC – Details)
Travel smart with the CritterTrail Off-To-School home and carrier! This multi-purpose bus includes real rolling wheels for playtime after a long day of class. When parked, the Off-To-School connects directly to any CritterTrail home providing critters with extra living space. Flip up the built-in handle and CritterTrail Off-To- School graduates into a carrier! Off-To-School comes complete with a dashboard food dish, rooftop water bottle, and expansion opening.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 4.25 x 8.25 x 7.25 inches; 1 Pounds
Item model number : 100079248
Department : unisex-adult
Date First Available : June 9, 2005
Manufacturer : Central Garden & Pet
ASIN : B0009WMQ7O
Best Sellers Rank: #43,906 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies) #64 in Small Animal Cages
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Colors May: Red or Yellow
Can be used as temporary home and carrier
Push bottom, flip down front door allows for safe and simple access to your pets
For hamsters, mice, gerbils or other small animals
Allows for expansion to any critter trail home to provide additional living space
4-1/2-Inch long, 8-1/4-inch wide, 6-1/2-inch high
Customers say
Customers find the pet carrier cute and appreciate its quality, with one mentioning it’s perfect for classroom hamsters. The transport capacity receives positive feedback, particularly for trips to the vet. However, the size is too small, and customers report durability issues with the carrier coming broken on one side and the blue side panel falling off very easily. Moreover, the functionality receives mixed reviews, with some saying it works well for hamsters while others find it impractical. Additionally, the water bottle is problematic, being hard to fill and considered useless by several customers.
13 reviews for Kaytee CritterTrail Off To School Travel Carrier for Pet Hamsters, Gerbils, or Mice
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Susie_M –
Great toy for hamster owner!
Our hamster “Milky”, tried the new bus, got in and out of it pretty easily through the little back door. Love that it pops open with a push-button sign (you don’t even know there’s a button at first!) The back opens up and could connect to our cage with the tube. It comes apart top can disconnect so you can clean it easier. My daughter absolutely loves this bus. It has a little “steering wheel” which doesn’t move but is great as a cup up front that you can put little treats in so the hamster will want to get in the bus. The wheels roll well and it can be picked up with the handle. Super cute, I would say it is great for fun play, short travel if you had to take it somewhere but definitely not a long term travel option as there’s really not a lot of room to do much other than stand and walk around in a circle in the bus. Great addition to a cage with your own connector tube for an additional spot to camp out in.
cathy –
This was so cute
Not only is this cute it was easy to put together and very good price I got a discount on it because it was on sale it is made of very sturdy plastic which has a little button which makes it very easy to open the little door it has a handle on the top so you can carry it around with you my only trouble is you have to have the other tunnel systems in order to attach it to anything
Sydney mendez –
Very cute
Good product but the water bottle leaks a bit
Hillary Schindler –
my mice love it and so do i.
this is great for when i have to clean their cage. they love this bus so much i attached it to their cage. they look pretty darn cute in it too. the bus comes apart so it is easy to clean. the food bowl is not really big enough for food, so i put treats in it. be careful with the handle. it can not support the weight of the bus and falls off. you don’t need your little friends escaping.
Jessica Watson –
Cute but really small
Construction is fine and itâs cute. I thought weâd get more use out of this but honestly itâs really small. Definitely donât put your hamster in here for more than a few minutes. It would be ok for a temporary holding spot while you change the bedding in the main cage but we donât even use it for that, a cardboard box works better.
Kreid –
A must-have for my class hamster!
This is absolutely ADORABLE! Iâm so glad I received the yellow school bus (I was worried it would be red). I have a beloved class pet dwarf hamster who comes home with me on the weekends. Happy hamster loves her bus and so does the whole school when I carry her across campus each Monday morning ð¤£. I have a big cage that stays in my classroom and a smaller KAYTEE cage that stays at my house and connects to the bus with tunnels. Happy loves it so much she even prefers to sleep in her school bus. Only $15.00 for the cutest hamster accessory ever.. get it!!
MB –
Hamster foot nearly ripped off
My dwarf hamsterâs foot got stuck in the slits around the blue circle opening. I placed her in while I cleaned her big cage and when we checked on her, she had her foot stuck in the slit (cover was on correctly) and nearly ripped it off. We had to get tools to break the side and release her foot as the hamster was panicked and pulling trying to free her foot. The hamsters foot may be broken, Iâll find out tomorrow. Please use caution. Arrows in my pics pointing to the slits visible with cover on.
Sulema Garcia –
So cute
So cute
Klara –
Erst mal das negative. Die Wasserflasche tropft und ist nur reingesteckt. Die Tiere können diese sehr schnell rausschieben und durch das Loch entkommen. Ich kann somit die Flasche nicht benutzen und musste sie mit Draht festmachen, damit sie nicht rausgeschoben werden kann.Ansonsten ist das eine schöne Abwechslung, man kann das Unterteil abklappen und gut reinigen. Durch das Gitter oben wird es gut durchlüftet. Holzspielzeug ist nett aber jeder weiss, dass es irgendwann anfängt zu stinken und entsorgt werden muss. Ich wollte den Bus in den Käfig stellen aber habe festgestellt, dass der Anschluss auch passt für no name/brand Tunnel. Wer diese an seinen Käfig gebastelt hat, kann den Käfig damit erweitern.
Kristin –
I bought this for my daughterâs hammy. Itâs super cute and really well-made. He loves it.
Marius Rocha –
Me encanto y a mi hámster también, cumple la función para poder mantenerlo cuando estoy limpiando su jaula
LUX –
I ordered this product for my hamster Nibbles (for travel purposes. I thought it looked very cute and the price was only £4.99 (less p+p. To be honest i did not expect the product to be as brilliant as it is, having read other reviews, i assumed there would be faults….But there are not =D The cage is a good size and very easy to handle. It is secure and i have found no trouble with the water bottle (like previous people have commented) – it is secure and does not leak. The bus came in yellow which i was very happy with, it was in excellent condition and was dispatched and delivered incredibly quickly (within a matter of days). My hamster Nibbles is a very very big hamster and even with her size she fitted in the travel bus with more room to spare than i expected. All in all i am delighted with this product, i would suggest to anyone with mice, dwarf hamsters and/or Syrian hamsters, to buy this product for their animal. It is awesome!!! It is fun and safe for the animal and very entertaining for the owner, plus the wheels on the bus actually do go round!!! =D Thanks so much for this awesome product, safe, efficient, fun and extremely well priced 🙂 xxx
Fabián Patiño –
Es un buen producto, la verdad muy practica y simpático, sin duda hice una excelente compra